The CalPERS Board of Administration has defeated proposals to increase patient co-payments for prescription drugs and emergency room visits. The Board did approve co-pay increases from $10 to $15 for doctors' office visits beginning in January 2008, but it voted to waive any co-payments for preventive care visits. The success in defeating these co-payment increases is due to the efforts of CSEA members in four affiliates, as well as members of other public employee organizations throughout the state. The two past CSEA presidents who serve on the CalPERS board—Bob Carlson and Chuck Valdes—voted against all proposed co-payment increases.
Departments are asked to remind students holding campus keys to return or renew their keys by May 25. Campus keys can be returned to Customer Services in Salazar Hall. If a student is continuing to serve a department through the summer, a new key request form must be submitted to Customer Services, signed by the dean or department manager. The form can be found online. The campus key policy allows students to have keys for the period of one semester or summer. Failure to return or renew campus keys results in an administrative hold being placed on students' registration, grades, transcripts, and diploma. These steps are taken to ensure University security.
The University Library would like to thank everyone who participated in their survey. There was a great response and a total of 1,755 responses and 714 comments were received from across campus. A summary of the results will be available from the Library's home page soon. As for the incentive prizes, the iPod Nanos were won by undergraduates Kara Ann Nelson (left, below) and Melissa Johnston.
The $20 iTunes gift card winners are as follows: Arundhati Bondse, Heather Westerhout, Elnora Tiongson-Valle, Brian Goldstein, Katie Medlicott, Victor Manuel, Avila Vazquez, Flora Williams-Bonner, Christina Kim, Lisa Presant, Katherine Wyman, Jena Bailey, Renee Crook, Tia Watts, Christi Whitman, Blair Bazdarich, Tomomi Tanimoto, Annie Baziuk, Mike Drew, Kelly Ording, Carly Sciacqua, Carrie Whitsett, Saul Eisen, Adrianne Price, and Thomas Sargent.